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Digital sound, but physical: Roger Linn’s LinnStrument in action, 10% off
No, we do not all want to be reduced to brains in a jar. Music has always been about gesture, whether embodied in the breath or touch. So now is the perfect time for the LinnStrument, the human-scaled expressive grid from Roger Linn. Roger writes to point us to some of the latest musical examples […]
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Bana Haffar’s Ancient Future mutates memory and meaning in machines
If you feel at sea in a starless night, Ancient Future might summon charts from the ancestors, fragmented through samples and voltages, a hauntology of modular deconstruction. Bana Haffar, co-founder of Modular on the Spot in LA and Beirut Synthesizer Center in Lebanon, has an essential offering out this month.
Peter Kirn - October 13, 2026
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Adam Wiltzie talks about his posthumous collaboration with Jóhann Jóhannsson
On Friendship Survival Guide, constructed from an archive of loops and sound exchanges, it’s as if Jóhann Jóhannsson is alive again. Adam Wiltzie, co-founder of Stars of the Lid and part of A Winged Victory for the Sullen, talks to us about the process, and about the perfect and fleeting personal and creative connection the two artist shared.
A $5 modular drum circuit, a free online course, and how it grows into more
Peter Kirn - August 21, 2026
DIY + Unusual Music Music tech Tech
The delicate, tiny sound machines in the world of Kuro Kasetto
Peter Kirn - July 24, 2026
DIY + Unusual Music Music tech Tech
Maggi Payne, photographing crystals, composing for Moog modular III, more
Peter Kirn - May 17, 2026
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